diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/inflector.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/inflector.mustache
index c61fa2054b8..87fc5581316 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/inflector.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/inflector.mustache
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ controllerPackage: {{invokerPackage}}
 modelPackage:  {{modelPackage}}
 swaggerUrl: ./src/main/swagger/swagger.yaml
 modelMappings:
+  # to enable explicit mappings, use this syntax:
+  DefinitionFromSwaggerSpecification: fully.qualified.path.to.Model
   {{#models}}{{#model}}{{classname}} : {{modelPackage}}.{{classname}}{{/model}}
   {{/models}}
+
 entityProcessors:
   - json
   - xml
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pom.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pom.mustache
index 8cb21465b33..d79fec75123 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pom.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/JavaInflector/pom.mustache
@@ -78,12 +78,21 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.swagger</groupId>
             <artifactId>swagger-inflector</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.2</version>
+            <version>${swagger-inflector-version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>sonatype-snapshots</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
     <properties>
         <maven-plugin-version>1.0.0</maven-plugin-version>
-        <swagger-core-version>1.5.7</swagger-core-version>
+        <swagger-inflector-version>1.0.4-SNAPSHOT</swagger-inflector-version>
         <jetty-version>9.2.9.v20150224</jetty-version>
         <logback-version>1.0.1</logback-version>
         <junit-version>4.8.2</junit-version>